Miguel Diloné was a player with a 12-year major-league career and one big season. When he first broke into the big leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1974, he was the youngest player in the majors at age 19. He also played 22 seasons in the Dominican Republic and has managed there.

Diloné spent most of 1975 to 1977 at Charleston in the Triple AInternational League, coming up to the Pirates each year for a few games. He impressed at Charleston in 1976 with a .331 average, but the other two years were not impressive.

The Pirates finally took pity on him and traded him to the Oakland Athletics on April 4, 1978 for Manny Sanguillen, who was coming back to the Pirates for a second time. Oakland gave him playing time, letting him appear in 135 games, but he hit only .229. He stole 50 bases, but got caught 23 times. The next year, 1979, which was Rickey Henderson's rookie year, Diloné was sold to the Chicago Cubs in mid-season while hitting only .187. He finished up the season with the Cubs hitting .306 for them in 36 at-bats.

At this point, there was no reason to suspect that Dilone's career was going anywhere. Although he was only 25 years old in 1980, he hadn't impressed in his previous major league chances. But when the Cleveland Indians purchased him, he suddenly came alive. In 132 games in 1980, he hit .341. He was third in the league in batting. He stole 61 bases, getting caught only 18 times. On the negative side, he only drew 28 walks.

The following year, 1981, was a drop-off, but Diloné was still competent. He hit .290 during the strike-shortened season, and stole 29 bases. In 1982, though, he dropped down to .235.

In 1983, he played little with Cleveland, hitting .191. In September, he was traded to the division-leading Chicago White Sox, and a week later back to the Pirates. The next year, he played well with the Montreal Expos, which he had joined as a free agwent, hitting .278 and stealing 27 bases in 29 attempts.

In 1985, he finished out his career, splitting his time between the Expos and the San Diego Padres. He was done with major league baseball at age 30.

Dilone also played for many years in the Dominican Republic, and led the league in stolen bases during ten of his first twelve years. In the book The Tropic of Baseball: Baseball in the Dominican Republic, he was called the Charlie Hustle of winter ball.